Subject Matters: CalArts 2013 MFA Show

Claire de Dobay Rifelj is an LA-based curator and art historian who has organized exhibitions at the Hammer Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Williams College Museum of Art, among other arts spaces.

A catalogue designed by Brian Roettinger accompanies the exhibition and includes contributions by Claire de Dobay Rifelj and Lauren Mackler (founder and director of Public Fiction, which exists in print and space), as well as conversations with the artists.

Events

June 8th, 6–10pm

Opening Reception

Vidisha Saini — “Asking For It”, Speak Evil, 7pm

June 15th, 6–8pm

Catalog Release Reception

Vidisha Saini — “Her Crime”, Speak Evil, 7pm

June 19th, 7:30–10pm (at 951 Chung King Rd.)

Vivian Sming — Disorient: A Discussion

Moderated by Jonathan Takahashi & Vivian Sming

"It is neither a petrified kind of time advancing in loops, nor a linear vision of history, but a positive experience of disorientation through an art-form exploring all dimensions of the present, tracing lines in all directions of time and space." - Bourriaud

We cordially invite all to join us in discussing the role of Asian-American Pacific Islander artists within local, national, and global fields of art. Whether first, second, third generation, full, half, quarter, we will be discussing this thread of identity, exploring particularities of experience, position, and translation.

This is an open forum. All are welcome to attend. Seating is limited, please RSVP to

June 20th, 7–9pm (at 951 Chung King Rd.)

Roslyn Cohen – “Knishes and Amba* a companion piece to Searching for Ezra, Dreaming of Roza.”

A multi-media lecture, including food, maps, collective memory and the power of distraction. The story of one family, the shifting borders of the Middle East and *pickled mangos.